What are all the points, areas and/or manoeuvres....

[Troy]

As some of you know, I have recently passed my theory test and now I am looking to progress further. However I was quoted a rather large figure of what it could take for me to be ready for my practical test. Therefore, I am looking to practice most of the areas needed to be successful in passing my test on my own, with only having one or maybe two lessons a month.

I would like to know what all the areas, points and manoeuvers there are that I will need to practice and get right, in order to pass my test.

I had an assessment done yesterday and the only thing my instructor could fault me on, Was my observations (mirrors, lifesavers etc.), my slow riding (I still 'walk' the bike out of spaces when really both feet need to be up), and I should go and practice my manoeuvers like a U-Turn. Finally to use my bike more often, not just the occasional once a week like I have been doing. I was trying to add up all my time I have spent riding since my CBT last summer, and I came up with an approximate figure of 6 Hours at most

[Arwen]

Have a watch of the DVLA clips on youtube of the test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf8qoQ5d3rA

I'm going to buy some cones and basically do that over and over again. Might be worth asking your training school to focus more on the high speed ones (emergency stop and avoidance) since they are harder to evaluate/practise on your own.

Good luck!

[whitedevil]

If you go down to a test centre you can watch people doing the mod 1 which will help you see what it entails.

[Glorian]

I did my Mod 1 in a weekend, i had minimal riding experience tbh only commuting daily which is very few slow manouvers.

did 5 hours training on the saturday took the test on sunday (or was it friday saturday?) Either way it's easy to practice, just get some cones and go to an empty car park.

manual handling. hold the bike up so its weight is on the center, stand up, push it back, check left and right as you leave the "Garage" push. as you go onto the path left and right check. push in side stand down. await instructions

Slalom you need to look at the next cone along so you don't fixate on a close target and crash

figure of eight, just crank your head way around the way you want to go, high revs and toggle the clutch.

walking speed is easy just rear brake if you go to fast.

U-turn is the one a lot of people fail on as they don't have the revs up enough.

emergency stop, simple. just get your speed, leave it in second gear don't bother changing up. roll off throttle, squeeze front brake so you feel it touch then pull on hard enough and apply rear brake, don't grab clutch untill you're about to stop.(start engine if stalled) put in gear life savers and drive to the instructor

hazard avoidance was my achilles heel, dodge the obstacle at 30+mph, basically just push hard on the right of the bar to go out and hard on the left to go in. then controlled stop in the box.

REMEMBER TO DO YOUR LIFESAVERS!!

Left shoulder, right shoulder, go. You will fail if you miss ONE.

Good luck! have fun